Q: After almost two decades of working on Samurai Warriors, what’s your favorite thing about working on the franchise?Ī: My favorite thing is choosing which Samurai Warriors to include from the Sengoku period when we are working on creating the theme of the story, along with seeing the reactions from all of our fans when they see them in the game. It’s thanks to their support that we were able to continue the series for this long.”īut what does Koinuma-san have up his sleeves for the latest, and what he calls “re-imagined” Samurai Warriors 5? We caught up with the boss behind the in-game bosses to find out. “Fortunately the first Samurai Warriors game was very well received and continues to be enjoyed by the fans to this day. “We made the first Samurai Warriors title in response to how popular Dynasty Warriors 2 was, and we wanted to make a Japanese counterpart set in the Sengoku period, in the same way that we have the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga’s Ambition series.

What’s it like working on a video game franchise for 18 years? “It’s amazing, but I never thought I’d be working on this series for so long,” says Koinuma.

To mark the upcoming July 27 release of Samurai Warriors 5 on PlayStation 4, I sat down with Samurai Warriors producer and Koei Tecmo president, Hisashi Koinuma, to discuss the evolution of the iconic action series. Since its first release on PlayStation 2 back in 2004, the Samurai Warriors franchise has invited players to slash through droves of enemies with stylish flair.

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